Robert Griffin III gets a statue at his alma mater

Robert Griffin III traveled from Washington to Waco this weekend to see himself immortalized at the age of 24.

Griffin was back at the campus of Baylor, the school where he won the Heisman Trophy and where a new football stadium has opened that features a bronze statue of Griffin outside.

“It’s amazing. You don’t dream about that kind of stuff,” Griffin told the Waco Tribune. “There’s a Statue of Liberty and all those other statues, but you don’t ever dream of having a statue honored in your name. That’s a blessing. It comes from God, and I don’t look at it as anyone putting me on a pedestal. I look at it as I know where my blessings come from, and they’re using me in a way to help other people. Not just to say, ‘he’s a great football player.’ I hope they say, ‘he’s a great man’ as well.”

Baylor President Ken Starr talked about Griffin in glowing terms, saying he hopes people will visit Waco to see Griffin’s statue just as they visit Washington to see the Lincoln Memorial and visit New York City to see the Statue of Liberty.

Griffin’s disappointing second season in the NFL has led to many questions about whether he can ever live up to the promise he showed as a rookie. But at Baylor, he’s still an idol.

He’s a bust, blah, blah ,blah. Based on what? A second year QB with a bad knee? You can’t be serious. lol Better check Brady’s stats the year after an ACL. No NFL QB to my knowledge has performed well the next season after an ACL. That being said if he turns out just to be a mediocre pocket passer turn him loose and let the chips fall where they may. His first season was exceptional by any measure.

patriots123456 says:Aug 31, 2014 8:44 PM

He won’t get a statue for what he has accomplished in the NFL so far..

I don’t even think he is the best QB on the REDSKINS, did I say REDSKINS, shame on me for saying REDSKINS three times…

You can spot the morons by their posting of “haters” and the clichéd use of that idiotic term.
The vaingloriousness of this statue speaks for itself. RG III, to my knowledge, didn’t plan it or suggest it. That said, some attempt at humility would have helped. Instead, an overrated athlete plays the role to perfection and Americans just continue to worship these simpletons because they are too stupid to have standards for people.

bonnovi says:Aug 31, 2014 9:01 PM

“He hopes people visit Waco to see Griffin’s statue just as they visit Washington to see the Lincoln Memorial and visit New York City to see the Statue of Liberty.”

RGIII, another in a long list of young people today who are legends in their own mind while having accomplished nothing in the NFL. How about more subway commercials….what a joke. This guy is about to get crushed again. I knew how to slide at 8!

nomoreseasontix says:Aug 31, 2014 9:09 PM

It’s ironic that the statue shows him passing the ball.

Uh… yeah… right.

louiedogg16 says:Aug 31, 2014 9:11 PM

For real? Its only been like 4 years

abninf says:Aug 31, 2014 9:11 PM

Did they engrave his personal logo that a team of artists from Adidas designed as a “gift” to the fans?

FinFan68 says:Aug 31, 2014 9:11 PM

Remember when statues were erected to honor significant historic accomplishments? This is absurd. Sure, he had a good couple seasons but it is hardly worthy of a statue. His head is somehow going to get bigger. Stand back, it is liable to explode

As a young boy, I use to sneak into Celtic’s practices at Babson College to watch Bill Russell, who has more championship rings than fingers to wear them. He won eleven NBA titles with the Boston Celtics, the last one as player-coach. He won an Olympic gold medal and was elected to the NBA HOF. A man of high intelligence and character, he achieved his greatness despite living in a racist city, country and society. He retired as a player after the 1969 season and the city (and team), to their collective shame, did not erect a statue in his honor until 2013. Given that shame, I am loathe to say any community is premature in erecting a statue in an athlete’s honor but that’s my gut with the RG III statue.

crippled4life says:
Aug 31, 2014 8:40 PM
Big deal. What about having a statue of our troops, those guys are the real heros.

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For blindly fighting for the U.S. government’s fake war propaganda? They should be fighting against their own corrupt government and the militiarized people at home if it was about protecting and serving, not terrorizing other countries’ poor people for corporate interests. They give the illusion that they’re protecting a people, who lives in a police state country that has the most weapon arsenal in the world and will shoot and drop drones on their own citizens in a second if they pose a economic and political threat to the CIA, FBI, and U.S. government.

Way too early for this to happen, it will only serve to swell his head and he doesn’t need any more of that. He was treated as the second coming when he hit Washington and certainly didn’t live up to that.

“sometimes I pretend to be my statue, because it doesn’t have real ears, I can’t hear the doubters”

future RGIII quote

eagleswin says:Aug 31, 2014 10:08 PM

“It’s amazing. You don’t dream about that kind of stuff,” Griffin told the Waco Tribune. “There’s a Statue of Liberty and all those other statues, but you don’t ever dream of having a statue honored in your name. That’s a blessing. It comes from God, and I don’t look at it as anyone putting me on a pedestal. I look at it as I know where my blessings come from, and they’re using me in a way to help other people. Not just to say, ‘he’s a great football player.’ I hope they say, ‘he’s a great man’ as well.”

“Now I think I’m going down to the well tonight and I’m going to drink till I get my fill
And I hope when I get old I don’t sit around thinking about it but I probably will
Yeah, just sitting back trying to recapture a little of the glory of, well time slips away and leaves you with nothing mister but boring stories of glory days…”

How is it that a player with ONE great season gets a statue. Remove his last season and he is remarkably average. Same is true in the NFL – when he was a gimmick, he was successful – when he was too stupid to learn to slide and when he was running without any thinking, he injured himself – when he was put on the bench, he whined. He used his father to get him back. He whines on social media.

And he has a losing record as a starter with unimpressive statistics to back it up – when he doesn’t throw an INT, he fumbles.

Last season he used the excuse of his injury to cover his exposure as a fraud – a player with precious little leadership and real pro QB skills – he could not lead a team to first half touchdowns for most of the season – he was so bad that a coach who had nothing to lose, benched him for someone else.

And this preseason, without the crutch of his knee injury, he managed to lead his first string offense to zero touchdowns. His play was remarkably similar to last year.

And he has still not learned to slide.

Hopefully that statute can be melted down for some other purpose. For 2014 will be the year when even the blind see the fraud that is Ginger Rogers Griffin.

Lennon, Stalin, Hitler and Saddam Hussein all had statues also.
The diffrence is that RGKNEE has not done anything so his statue wont be taken down.
It probably will be wordshipped by reporters that write things like “Joe Bozo Will be playing today for the Baylor Buzzcuts, that is unless ofcourse if he is not.

Wow! Opinions are like “well, you no” everyone has one. You guys need a life! RG3 has proven to be a talent to warrant the opportunities he has received. He has made mistakes as most people his age tend to do. He doesn’t deserve the hate. God doesn’t like hate!

not an RGIII fan, but Florida has 3 bronze statues of Heisman trophy winning QBs out in front of their stadium & all 3 were NFL busts.. it’s not that unusual for schools to honor great college players for their college careers.. has zero to do with what he has or will do in the NFL

gpete1962 says:Sep 1, 2014 8:06 AM

I just cancelled my vacation to the four seasons at Nevis and booked a trip to Baylor.

Just think, I’ve seen the Lincoln memorial, Statue of that Broad and now this! I’m so excited!!!!!

skinsgal4life says:Sep 1, 2014 8:19 AM

The sad reality is that athletes really are put on a pedestal. It has been going on since the first race or boxing match thousands of years ago–and this attitude toward athletes will not end as long as the human race survives. Baylor has the right to erect a stature to RGIII. It is up to the rest of us to join in with the athlete hero-worship–or not. Of course, I’d rather see Robert do well on my Redskins. That certainly doesn’t mean his accomplishments at Baylor need to be forgotten. Obviously, Baylor is doing its best to ensure that doesn’t happen.

Is the statue of him getting completely laid out by a statue twice the size of his?

rosstuckershair says:Sep 1, 2014 10:14 AM

I have NO idea why everyone is upset. This is the perfect statue..it really is. It illustrates the perfect mechanics that Robert demonstrates on the field. Legs parallel and not pushing off the back foot. If the statue could throw, you can bet on an under thrown duck.

The big mystery is how soon a Cowboy fan goes to the drug store and buys a knee brace to slap on the statue when no one is looking…Now that would be a PFT story…

The statue was erected for his college football accomplishments i.e. the Heisman Trophy. The first player from Baylor to win the Heisman. Nothing to do with his accomplishments in the NFL. Don’t confuse the two people….BTW stop the hate people, its so unbecoming of you as a person!